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Skip to Content ANALYSISMEMBER Passed and signed with little warning, New Jersey's new law mandates unprecedented registration fees for data brokers and data collectors. David Stauss CIPP/E, CIPP/US, CIPT, FIP Founder Stauss PLLC Cobun Zweifel-Keegan CIPP/US, CIPM Managing Director, Washington D.C. IAPP The risks and costs of being a data broker in the United States just went up — again. On 30 June 2026, Gov.

The first of July traditionally marks the rotation of the six-month presidency of the Council of the European Union. This time, Ireland follows Cyprus. Ireland is no stranger to the exercise. Its last presidency stint was in the first half of 2013. The theme was "Recovery Presidency," channeling a stability, jobs and growth agenda.

The data privacy space in China has been particularly active over recent weeks. On 17 June, China's National Information Security Standardisation Technical Committee, known as TC260, released a proposed draft to amend the national personal information standard, the Information Security Technology — Personal Information Security Specification, with a view to revamping the current version adopted in 2020. A consultation period ends 16 Aug.

Skip to Content ANALYSISMEMBER A major package of youth privacy and safety bills has passed the U.S. House — and it probably applies to your company. Cobun Zweifel-Keegan CIPP/US, CIPM Managing Director, Washington D.C. IAPP On the evening of 29 June 2026, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 7757, the Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act, by a decisive bipartisan margin of 267 to 117.

Skip to Content ANALYSISMEMBER A growing number of U.S. states are adopting broadly similar chatbot laws that impose AI-identity transparency, safety, protections for minors and more, signaling that chatbot regulation is becoming a mainstream compliance priority. Andrew Eichen Attorney, AI Division ZwillGen Brenda Leong AIGP, CIPP/US Director of the AI Division ZwillGen The era of chatbot regulation has arrived.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act 29 June, advancing a broad package of online child safety legislation that would establish new requirements for social media platforms, AI chatbots and parental controls. Lawmakers approved the legislation in a bipartisan 267-117 vote, despite significant pushback from policymakers, advocacy groups and parents.

Skip to Content ANALYSISMEMBER The U.S. Supreme Court's Chatrie decision recognizes geofence warrants as Fourth Amendment searches while leaving lower courts to decide how probable cause and particularity limits apply to reverse-location dragnets.

The U.S. Supreme Court issued a pair of rulings 29 June that will have far-reaching impacts on citizens' location privacy and how issues related to privacy in general are enforced by the federal government. In the first ruling, in Chatrie v.

Last week, the cybersecurity agencies of Five Eyes released a statement, "The AI shift in cyber risk: Why leaders must act now." For reference, Five Eyes is an intelligence network established post-World War II between Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the U.K. and U.S. The Five Eyes statement is a call to action for business leaders on the cyber risk associated with frontier artificial intelligence models and urgency to "act swiftly to remain ahead." There are plenty of provisions worth a...

Skip to Content ANALYSISMEMBER U.S. privacy enforcement intensifies as regulators target opt-out processes, penalizing friction, misrepresentation and delays in consumer rights request handling. David Botero Westin Fellow IAPP Editor's note This is the first article in a three-part series that looks at U.S. enforcement trends during 2025 and early 2026. Data privacy-related public enforcement activities continue to accelerate.